Russia

Full country name	Russian Federation
Capital	Moscow
Area	17,098,246 km2
Administrative divisions	46 oblasts, 22 republics, 9 krais, 4 autonomous okrugs, 3 federal cities (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Sevastopol) and1 autonomous oblast
Population	143,759,445 (excluding Crimea, 2021 census)
Ethnic groups	80.9% Russian 3.9% Tatar 1.4% Ukrainian 1.1% Bashkir 1.0% Chuvash 1.0% Chechen 10.7% Other
Religion	73% Christianity —70% Russian Orthodoxy —3% Other Christian 15% No religion 10% Islam 2% Other
Language	Russian
Currency	Russian ruble (₽) (RUB)
Government type	Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic
President	Vladimir Putin
Human Development Index	0.824 | 52nd
View Full Source	Wikipedia

Russia, country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.; commonly known as the Soviet Union), Russia became an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.

Russia is a land of superlatives. By far the world’s largest country, it covers nearly twice the territory of Canada, the second largest. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and the eastern third of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a great range of environments and landforms, from deserts to semiarid steppes to deep forests and Arctic tundra. Russia contains Europe’s longest river, the Volga, and its largest lake, Ladoga. Russia also is home to the world’s deepest lake, Baikal, and the country recorded the world’s lowest temperature outside the North and South poles.

Source : Britannica